Cabin Fever / October 12, 2023

October 12, 2023

Cabin Fever

The expression cabin fever usually connotes a feeling of being angry and bored because you have been inside for too long.

For me, however, cabin fever currently refers to the spike in my overall happiness ‘temperature’ as a result of having this simple cabin in a state park set in West Virginia mountains as my home for a week. Can’t get enough!

The mountains. The trees. The fresh air. The hiking. The quiet. The countless fires in our fireplace. The simple meals prepared together. The absolute fun I’ve had painting.

another page of painting sketches, work in progress

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   Joyful Puttering

   October 12, 2023 at 7:04 pm

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   That’s the very best kind of cabin fever! Your joy is coming through in your paintings….they are fun and playful.

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      Dotty Seiter

      October 12, 2023 at 7:43 pm

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      Definitely my kinda cabin fever! Thanks for letting me know that my joy is shining through these paintings, MaryAnn : )

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   Simone

   October 13, 2023 at 4:32 am

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   Sounds like heaven!

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      Dotty Seiter

      October 13, 2023 at 4:48 am

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      You’ve got that right, Simone! I’m smiling because the tagline for the West Virginia State Park system is “almost heaven,” from the John Denver song I quoted in my post of the same name four days ago : )

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         Simone

         October 13, 2023 at 5:02 am

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         Hahaha!

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   roseanne333

   October 13, 2023 at 10:21 pm

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   The more I zoom in, the more I love all the nuances – the gold, the asemic writing. Love this, Dotty.

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   Dotty Seiter

   October 14, 2023 at 7:11 am

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   Roseann, oooh, so grateful for your zoomed-in attention to and appreciation of the layered nuances of these sketches. I’m hoping to do a post showing process with this particular page of cabin fever paint play; stay tuned!

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   imajenationgmailcom

   October 14, 2023 at 3:09 pm

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   Cabin fever is the best! There is such freedom in these pieces – OMG!

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      Dotty Seiter

      October 14, 2023 at 5:21 pm

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      Lola: YES! The freedom in these pieces has been SUCH a gift! Excited to know that it is palpable to others : )

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   Sheila Marie Delgado

   October 15, 2023 at 2:32 am

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   Love these WIP’s! 

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      Dotty Seiter

      October 15, 2023 at 7:53 pm

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      Thank you, Sheila! This batch is really speaking to me.

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   carolee36

   October 19, 2023 at 4:40 am

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   Finding your calm and excitement!

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      Dotty Seiter

      October 19, 2023 at 5:11 am

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      Yes, finding my calm, finding my excitement! I’m back home now and, by contrast, finding a seemingly unending to-do list. Taking a breath, pausing to mindfully find again calm find again excitement.